Garment-supporter.



Patented Sept. 5, I899.

W. W. BARBER.

GARMENT SUPPUBTER.

(Application filed June 19, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WVILLIAM WARFIELD OARDER, OF OLDTOlVN, MARYLAND.

GARMENT-S UPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,641, dated September 5, 1899.

Application filed June 19, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WARFIELD OARDER, of Oldtown, in the county of Allegany and State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a garment-hanger especially adapted for hanging trousers, and to so construct the device that it may be applied with equally good results to thick and to thin garments and which will remain in a full open position until intentionally closed.

A further object of the invention is to construct the device so that it will be light, strong, compact, and economic, and so that the weight of the garment when the supporter is hung up will tend to promote the clamping action of the jaws of the device.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the device, illustrating in dotted lines the position of the parts when the jaws are opened to receive a garment.

Two jaws A and B are employed, and these jaws are usually of the same length and may be made of any desired material. Preferably the said jaws are rectangular in cross-section. In connection with the jaw A a horizontal bearing C is employed, which bearing is sub stantially U shaped and is supported by standards 10, that enter the jaw A, one at each side of the center of said jaw. The free ends of the bearing extend beyond the inner face of the jaw A, while the bow portion or member of the bearing 0 is over the upper edge of the said jaw A, as shown best in Fig. 2. The

bearing 0 and its standards are usually made from one piece of wire of suitable gage, and after the bearing 0 has been formed the wire is returned from the free ends of the side members ofthe bearing to the bow member, forming additional side strands 11, of which Serial No. 721,059. (No model.)

the standards 10 are continuations. In forming the bearing 0 and its standards 10 eyes 12 are produced at the free ends of the side members, as shown in both figures.

The jaw B is pivoted in a bail D, which bail consists of a central yoke-section 13, the upper portion whereof at its sides is held to turn in the eyes 12 of the bearing 0, and the bow member of the yoke 13 consists of a crankarm 14, that occupies a horizontal position between the side members of the bearing 0 when the jaws A and B are closed. The bail is completed by extending arms 15 in opposite directions from the bottom of the side members of the yoke 13, and these arms extend along the upper edge of the jaw B in direction of its ends. Each arm 15 is provided with a downwardly-extending crank-terminal 16, which crank-terminals are pivoted centrally in the ends of the jaw B, as shown in Fig. 1.

A hook 17 is used to hang the device from any suitable support. This hook is preferably provided with a twin shank 18, the members of the shank being attached to the central portion of the upper crank 14 of the bail D, and the members of the shank are slightly separated where they connect with the yoke 13, so as to form a guide for a spring-arm 19, which arm extends from the bow-section of the bearing 0 to an engagement with the under surface of the crank 14 of the bail D and beyond the said crank in direction of the jaw 13. The spring-arm 19 terminates at its free end in an enlargement 20, and the inner end of the spring-arm is formed in a coil which encircles the bow portion of the bearing 0. The opposite end of the spring-arm is attached to a side member of said bearing, as shown in Fig. 2. This spring-arm 19 serves to hold the crank 14 in horizontal position and the jaws A and B in contact with each other or with a garment that is placed between them.

It is evident, since the hook 17 is attached to the crank 14 of the bail D, that when the device is supported by said hook the hook sustaining the weight of the device and attached garment will act to cause the jaws to press closely together and prevent them from becoming accidentally separated. When the jaws are opened to their full extent, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the jaw B is carried away from the jaw A and the crank 11k of the bail is given a downward inclination, pressing the spring-arm 19 also downward, and

when the crank 14 reaches the enlargement 20 of the spring-arm the arm and crank will so bind as to hold the jaw B in its projecting position. As the jaw B is moved to its open position it first moves parallel with the jaw A and then slightly upward. This movement is consequent upon the pivotal connection of the jaw B with its bail D.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A garment-supporter consisting of opposing jaws, a horizontal bearing located above and attached to one of the jaws, a bail pivotally attached to the opposing jaw, said bail being adapted to turn in said bearing and being provided with a crank between its points of engagement with the bearing, and a spring carried by the bearing and having engagement with the under surface of the crank or bail, for the purpose described.

2. A garment-hanger consisting of opposing jaws, a horizontal bearing located above and attached to one of the jaws,ra'bail pivotally attached to the opposing jaw,whio,h

. bail is held to turn in the said bearing and is a section coiled around and attached to th bearing, for the purpose set forth.

3. A garment-hanger, consisting of opposing jaws, one having a member rising therefrom and offset laterally to extend over the opposing jaw and having a horizontal bearing, a bail attached to the opposing jaw which bail is held to turn in the said bearing and is provided with a crank-arm between its point of engagement with the bearing, the crankarm extending inwardly toward the firstnamed jaw, and a suspension device connected with the crank-arm of said bail.

WILLIAM WARFIELD 'OARDER. \Vitnesses:

EUGENE W. STUMP, GEo. E. EMMART. 

